André Previn

So there was a separate category for musicals, but these are the nominees for best score as we would define it.

So Exodus won by Ernest Gold won the Alamo, uh, Dimitri Tiomkin won Elmer Gantry by Andre Previn.

The Magnificent Seven, Elmer Bernstein, which is a great score, well worthy of its nomination.

And Spartacus by Alex North, also I think probably worthy.

We started this week's birthday roundouts with a salute to singer-songwriter Dori Previn.

Born and stayed back in 1925, Dori had a pretty decent solo career in the 70s, but is probably best remembered for the work she did with her ex-husband, Andre Previn, providing lyrics to her husband's music for songs recorded by the likes of Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, to name but three.

Of course, many of the songs they performed composed, went on to be covered by a plethora of artists.

Too long to list, so I'm not going to get into it.

Patrick is a conductor and author who served as Houston Grand Opera's music director and later artistic director for more than 25 years and is now HGO's music director emeritus.

He's also led performances with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago and world premieres of nearly 20 operas, including works by Jake Heggie, Carlisle Floyd and Andre Previn.

His newest book, published earlier this year, is a series of 50 personal essays about opera titled Tapestries, Connections from an Artistic Life.

Patrick, welcome.

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They're fighting rock and roll however they can.

It's still the label of Ray Conniff and André Previn and Robert Goulet.

This was an industry, as you write about in the book, that's fascinating to me, that in the '60s was still fixated on Al Jolson to the point where Jackie Wilson of all people is covering My Yiddishe Mama.

It's [laughs] Jackie Wilson made an entire album a, a tribute to Al Jolson.

In a 1971 TV Christmas special, which conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra is called Mr Preview by Morecambe and Wise?

Andre.

Gotta have full name, I'm afraid.

Oh.

Roger Hand.

No. Alex Pilz.

Andre Rieu.

No. Shaun Drury.

Because you don't hear about it.

When we were kids, there was always a Nigel Kennedy and Andre Previn, James Galway.

Where are they now? Where are they? I

went to see Don Giovanni the other night.

milestone.

I think I read, was it she and Andre Previn started the same year?

That's amazing.

He appointed her.

Oh, my goodness.

Well, I'm very honored, and whoever did the work, I thank them.

Now, we played your Carnival of the Animals with Andre Previn, Patricia Prentice Jennings, and Joseph Villa.

Edward Greenfield said it was the best of show.

That's right.

Did you follow Previn?

I followed Claudio Abbado.

Ah, who followed Previn.

Correct.

Right.

Uh-huh.

So I'd listen to him play all kinds of pieces when I was a kid, and he introduced me to quite a few of my favorite musicians now, like Leonard Bernstein and André Previn and Oscar Peterson.

Grandpa Pete was a big inspiration.

I think probably he kinda turned me towards the piano, uh, just because he loved it so much.